Features

Top 10 unmissables at the Melbourne Art Fair
From live performances to a salt-of-the-earth recreation of a supermarket, this year’s Melbourne Art Fair has surprises galore. And this…

Mad Max: blasts into Comic-Con, eats two-headed lizard
Mad Max shakes fans to their toes, could reboot entire genre.

Mary, Queen of Scots was a poet – and you should know it
Some 39 poems have been attributed to the ill-fated Mary I of Scotland - so why do we know so…

Peter and Michael Spierig: Predestination
Predestination, starring Ethan Hawke, is the Opening Night film at the Melbourne International Film Festival this year.

Is this the exhibition of the future…or just a web page?
How Vegemite-loving flies prompted the thong dress is just one of the stories in the NFSA’s first online exhibition.

Collecting street art
Australia's largest street art collectors first had to convince the artists that they were not undercover cops.

Are festivals 'fundamentally unjustifiable'?
Perth International Arts Festival’s Jonathan Holloway gave delegates at the recent APACA conference a frank insight into arts festivals with…

I don’t believe in being an expert
British designer Kate Moross was in Sydney for Semi-Permanent imparting tips, including why pizza was the greatest creative stimulant.

AUDIO: Australia's European Hangover
Why do Australians prefer European garden design, even when they choose modern architecture and interiors?

Developing the potential of the digital revolution
The recent Remix conference explored how technology and entrepreneurship are remaking culture in the information age.